Sash-holder.



. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

R m m ND EL 0 0 NH I VH APPLICATION FILED JAILZB, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

LOUIS HENRY VINCENT, JR, OF GILA BEND, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

SASH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed January 25. 1907. Serial No 354.041

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, LoUrs HENRY VIN- GENT, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Gila Bend, in the county of Maricopa and Territory of Arizona, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Sash- Holder, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to sash holders and more particularly to sash holders especially adapted to be used on street and passenger cars, the object being to provide a sash holder which is very simple and cheap in construction and one which will securely hold the window up in any desired position, without any danger of it falling accidentally.

Another object of my invention is to provide very novel means for operating the holder so that it can be readily fastened or unfastened with one hand so that the window can be raised and lowered with the other hand.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully 'described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a window frame and sash showing my improved holder applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the guide frame detached. Fig.j 3 is .a perspective view of the locking pin and operating cord.

In the drawing A indicates a window frame in which is mounted a window sash B,

rovided with racks C, on its side-members, raving saw-sha ed teeth for the purpose described hereina ter.

Secured in each side of the frame a little above the top of the sash is a funnel-shaped holder D, to the neck of which is secured a guide frame E having a bifurcated end, the walls of which are slotted and project over to each side of the rack carried by the sash.

Mounted in each of the holders is a plug shaped weight F, to the bottom of which is secured a wire cable G provided with a wire cable G adjacent its ends. Rings H are secured to the ends of the cables adapted to lit in annular grooves I formed in the locking in I which is provided with annular grooves I in which the edges of the slotted side-walls of the guide frame E are adapted to fit so that the pin will work smoothly 1n the slots. Ar-

' ranged over each holder, to one side is a pair of pulleys J over which passes wire cables K connected to the weight F, which pass downwardly in the frame over pulleys J and inwardly having their ends connected to oppositely disposed arms L, carried by a shaft L mounted in the sill of the frame. An arm M is connected to the shaft and projects out from a slot formed in the under side of the sill, having a head M by means of which it can be readily worked back and forth, so that the locking pin can be raised and lowered as desired. It will be readily seen that when the window is raised, the pins will drop down in the slots of the guide spout as the weight normally holds the arms in the position to allow the weight to drop, so that when the window is released, the hook will engage the pins and securely hold the window 1n the desired position. When it is desired to lower the window, the window is raised and the arm moved so as to draw the pins up in the frame, out of engagement with the rack of the sash, so that the window can be readily lowered.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have provided a very novel sash holder so constructed that it is impossible for the window to be dropped by accident by striking the operating arm as the window has to be raised before it can be lowered.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a sash provided with racks, of a guide frame and a pin slid-- ably mounted in said frame-adapted to be engaged by said rack, for the purpose described.

2. In a sash holder, the combination with a frame having a sash mounted therein, of racks secured to said sash provided with sawshaped teeth and pins mounted in guides secured in said sash adapted to be engaged by said teeth, for the purpose described.

3. In a sash holder, the combination with a frame having a sash mounted therein provided with racks havin downwardly projecting curved teeth, 0 guide-frames secured in said frame, pins mounted in said guide frames adapted to be engaged by said teeth, and means for raising said pins out of engagement with said teeth, for the purpose described.

4. The combination with a frame having a sash mounted therein provided with racks,

of guide-frames mounted in said frame, pins mounted in said guide frames adapted to be engaged by said racks and cables connected to said pins and means for operating said cables, for the purpose described.

5. The combination with a frame having a sash mounted therein, provided with racks, of holders secured in said frame, guideframes connected to said holders, pins mounted in said guide frames adapted to be engaged by said racks, weights mounted in said holders connected to said pins, and operating cables connected to said weights for the purpose described.

6. The combination with a frame having a sash mounted therein provided with racks, of holders secured in said frame, bifurcated guide frames secured to said holders having slotted walls, pins mounted in said slots, rings mounted on said pins, cables connected to said rings, weights mounted in said holders connected to said cables, cables connected to said weights having their ends connected to arms, and means for operating said arms, for the purpose described.

7. The combination with a frame having a sash mounted therein provided with racks having saw-shaped teeth, of funnel-shaped holders secured in said frame, guide frames provided with bifurcated ends connected to said holders having slotted walls, pins provided with annular grooves mounted in said slots, rings mounted in said grooves, cables connected to said rings, plug-shaped weights connected to said cables mounted in said holders, a shaft mounted in said frame provided with arms, cables connected to said arms passing over pulleys and connected to said weights and an arm carried by the shaft, for the purpose described.

LOUIS HENRY VINCENT, JR.

Witnesses:

J. G. DILLEY, W. T. BRINLEY. 

